The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.

Quote by Richard M Nixon

Topics: Writing Quotes

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

I've never canceled a subscription to a newspaper because of bad cartoons or editorials. If...

I've never canceled a subscription to a newspaper because of bad cartoons or editorials. If...

My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his...

My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his...

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find...

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find...

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping;...

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping;...

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be...

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be...

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry...

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry...

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what...

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what...

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

The press is the enemy.

The press is the enemy.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported...

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported...

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than...

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than...

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of...

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of...

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press...

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press...

Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top -...

Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top -...

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing....

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing....

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for...

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for...

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case...

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case...